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Seedlings for ornamental trees and shrubs are being offered by the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Howard Nursery through Friday, April 19, and are also being offered to schools to help educate students about wildlife habitat needs through the PGC "Seedlings for Schools'' program.

"This effort is part of our agency's mission to manage wildlife and its habitat for current and future generations," PGC executive director Carl Roe said.

New this year is an improved order form to help guide landowners seeking to create habitat for specific wildlife species, as well as a new "bundle" offering. Bundle offerings include 100 seedlings in a specified mix to benefit deer, game birds and songbirds, as well as riparian and winter-thermal habitats.

The order form and information are available on the agency's website (http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/). Order forms are also available at PGC regional offices and may be mailed to Howard Nursery, 197 Nursery Road, Howard, Pa. 16841.

Free Maple Sugaring Open House programs are Saturday, Feb. 23, and Sunday, March 3, with sessions at noon, 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. both days at PPL Montour Preserve Road, Washingtonville.

Following a presentation in the environmental education center of a talk and film featuring the natural and cultural history of making maple sugar, there is a short walk through Goose Woods to the Sugar Shack to experience the sights, sounds and scents of the process of producing maple sugar from sap to syrup. For information, call the preserve at (570) 437-3131.

- Saturday: Pennsylvania State Snowshoe Championship, 11 a.m., Nescopeck State Park, Drums, to benefit the American Red Cross; for information, contact Frank Gaval at (570) 788-4219, email barb123@ptd.net or access on the Web at NEPARunner.com or snowshoeracing.com.

Port Clinton Fish and Game, Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 16-24; for information and registration, contact Ted Knoblauch at (610) 562-4310, access the website at http://www.portclintonfishandgame.com/ or register at the club on Friday, Feb. 15, from 6-8 p.m.

- Compiled by Doyle Dietz

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